So be it means fine, I accept it: you agree to a situation you wouldn't have chosen. If we have to take the slower train, so be it. It often sounds firm, like a decision to stop arguing. That's why it's not the reply to a happy suggestion: there, sounds good works, and so be it would sound cold.
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If + situation, so be it.; situation → So be it.
- If we have to take the slower train, so be it.
- The repair will take another week. So be it; we need it done properly.
- If refusing the offer means starting again, so be it.
What changed
First versionIf that is the only option, let it be.
RevisionIf that is the only option, so be it.
Let it be seems to say the same thing, and a famous Beatles song made it familiar. But let it be means leave it alone, don't change it. Accepting an awkward condition is so be it.
Sounds good means you like the suggestion. So be it means you agree, but without joy. So it is is something else entirely: that's true, confirming a fact. It is what it is comments on something that has already happened.
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We may have to postpone the trip. If that is necessary, ___.
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so be it — The speaker accepts postponing the trip if there's no other way: so be it. So it is would mean that's true, confirming a fact.
Name an inconvenience you're ready to accept for an important goal. Start with If and end with so be it.
If getting the right parts takes another month, so be it.
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